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You can have your cake and eat it, too

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by IsrAmeriPrius, Jan 2, 2006.

  1. IsrAmeriPrius

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    COUP OF 2005: Hybrids helped Toyota avoid flak for big SUVs

    Automotive News / January 2, 2006 - 6:00 am

    Never mind your grandmother. You can have your cake and eat it, too.

    Take Toyota Motor Corp. It offers a generous lineup of gas-guzzling SUVs and large pickups.

    At the same time, Toyota enjoys a reputation as an environmentally friendly company.

    The secret? Hybrids.

    In the 1990s, Toyota bet on hybrids, which save fuel by using a gasoline engine and one or more electric motors to power the wheels.

    Environmentally conscious consumers embraced hybrids, particularly the latest generation of the Toyota Prius.

    The car offers distinctive aerodynamic styling, a hybrid powertrain and 60 mpg in the city.

    So now Toyota can happily polish its green image -- while churning out high-profit V-8 trucks. Sorry, Grandma.

    Automotive News
     
    #1 IsrAmeriPrius, Jan 2, 2006
  2. aaf709

    aaf709 Ravenpaw of ThunderClan

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    Heh, it does remind me of the Smoke & Mirrors thread.
     
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    hahaha, where is Malorn, I bet we will see him here soon
     
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    << BACK

    Automotive News, Subscriber Services, 1155 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48207-2912

    Surprise.
     
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  5. maggieddd

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    now we know what Malorns's source of news is
     
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  6. TonyPSchaefer

    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
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    Before this thread turns into a flame-war, I just want to get my two cents in:

    "Whatever."
     
    #6 TonyPSchaefer, Jan 2, 2006
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    Hey, Smoke and Mirrors was the Thread of 2005! Malorn will smell blood when the first new owners start complaining about something. He'll ride to the rescue in a two-ton Suburban getting 13 MPG.
     
    #7 Jack 06, Jan 2, 2006
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    I'm sorry, I thought it was GM, churning out those Suburbans, Tahoes, Denalis (denials), Envoys and so on, then tried to ride the hybrid wave by snapping on the name to the Silverado which has no hybrid features and all it does is provide extra juice. They might as well call it the Silverado Plus or something like that.
     
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